The Fire Patrol

{{short description|1924 film by Hunt Stromberg}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = The Fire Patrol | image = The Fire Patrol.jpg | caption = | director = Hunt Stromberg | producer = Hunt Stromberg | writer = Garrett Fort | based_on = {{basedon|''The Fire Patrol''|James W. Harkins and Edwin Barbour}} | starring = Anna Q. Nilsson<br>Madge Bellamy<br>Helen Jerome Eddy<br>John Harron | cinematography = Silvano Balboni | studio = Hunt Stromberg Productions | distributor = Chadwick Pictures | released = {{Film date|1924|08|15}} | runtime = 70 minutes; 7 reels | country = United States | language = Silent (English intertitles) }} '''''The Fire Patrol''''' is surviving 1924 American silent melodrama film directed by Hunt Stromberg and starring Anna Q. Nilsson that was based upon the 1891 play of the same name by James W. Harkins and Edwin Barbour. Stromberg also produced the film and released it through Chadwick Pictures.<ref>[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/F/FirePatrol1924.html Progressive Silent Film List: ''The Fire Patrol''] at silentera.com</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Fire Patrol |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/9064-THE-FIREPATROL |access-date=2026-05-10 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref>

==Cast== {{Cast listing| *Anna Q. Nilsson as Mary Ferguson *William Jeffries as Captain John Ferguson, (Prologue) *Spottiswoode Aitken as Capt. John Ferguson (Later) *Jack Richardson as "Butch" Anderson *Madge Bellamy as Molly Thatcher *Helen Jerome Eddy as Emma Thatcher *Dick Brandon as Colin Ferguson (Prologue) *John Harron as Colin Ferguson (Later) *Gale Henry as Alice Masters *Frances Ross as Village Belle *Chester Conklin as Fireman *Bull Montana as Fireman *Charlie Murray as Fireman *Heinie Conklin as Fireman (uncredited) *Billy Franey as Fireman (uncredited) *Hank Mann as Fireman (uncredited) }}

== Censorship == Before ''The Fire Patrol'' could be exhibited in Kansas, the Kansas Board of Review required the removal of a scene where a black man was choking a white man, seen through a window.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kansas Board of Review Movie Index - Kansas Historical Society |url=https://www.kansashistory.gov/statearchives/archives_board_of_reviews/search/film:Fire%20Patrol/company:/star:/elimination:/begyr:/endyr:/submit:SEARCH |access-date=2026-05-10 |website=www.kansashistory.gov}}</ref>

==Preservation== A copy of ''The Fire Patrol'' is preserved at La Corse Et Le Cinema, Porto Vecchio.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |others= |title=The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Fire Patrol |url=https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.1606/default.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220312010733/https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.1606/default.html |archive-date=2022-03-12 |access-date=2026-05-10 |website=memory.loc.gov}}</ref>

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==External links== {{commons category|The Fire Patrol}} *{{IMDb title|0014902|The Fire Patrol}}

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